Chapter 5 Sumer Quiz

What does it mean for a society have a stable food supply?

• It has a steady population increase

• It has enough food for its people.

• It has a complex irrigation system

• It has enough food for trade

What two inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

• The plow and the arch

• The wheel and irrigation

• The plow and irrigation

• The arch and irrigation

Who would have lived in a two-story house near the center of the city? (Which social class?)

• Upper class (priests, landowners and government officials)

• Middle class (merchants, craftspeople, farmers, and fisherman)

• Lower class (slaves)

Who would have lived in small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city?

• Upper class (priests, landowners and government officials)

• Middle class (merchants, craftspeople, farmers, and fisherman)

• Lower class (slaves)

What is social structure based on?

• Wealth, power, and the job a person had

• Their religion

• Height

How was Sumerian government and religion connected?

• Sumerians believed that the government invented religion

• Government officials lived in ziggurats

• Sumerians believed that the king got powers from the gods

What is the purpose of having a government?

• So that people are able to trade with other places

• So that people are more organized than hunter-gatherers

• So that life in the civilization is orderly and to direct people’s behavior

• So that irrigation systems and farms can be maintained (and to manage a stable food supply)

What were the responsibilities of Sumerian kings?

• Enforcing laws and collecting taxes

• Building temples and maintaining the irrigation systems

• Appointing officials and leading the army

• All of the above

Which of these did Sumerians NOT invent?

• The wheel and the plow

• Writing and laws

• Cave art

• Calendars

How did the Sumerians believe their king was chosen?

• By elections where the nobility voted

• By the gods to rule in their place

• By a lottery system

• By a duel